Improvement in bee-hives



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Bee-Hives.

Patented Oct, 27,1874.

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UNITED STATES JOHN It. MOSELEY AND THOMAS J. MOSELEY, OF. GREEN FIELD,TENNESSEE.

PATENT OFFICE.

IMPROVEMENT IN BEE-HIVES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 156,303, dated October27, 1874; application filed June 27, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN ROBERT MOSE- LEY and THOMAS JEFFERSON MOsELEY,of Greeniield, in the county of Weakley and State of Tennessee, haveinvented a new and valuable' Improvement in Bee-Hives; and we do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe construction and operation of the same, reference being had to theannexed drawings making a part of this specification, and to the lettersand iigures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l of the drawing is a representation of a transverse verticalsection of our bee-hive, and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectionalview of the same.

This invention has relation to bee-hives having movable frames; and itconsists in providing hives of this description with a removable bottom,to which is applied a moth-eni trance leading into a moth-trap, which isseparated from the interior of the hive by means of a wireclothpartition, whereby the moths are attracted into the trap by the scent ofthe bees, but cannot passup into the hive from the trap.

In the annexed drawings, A designates the hive-box, which is providedwith a hinged top,

I a, two hinged doors, b b', and a removable bottom, B. O designates alhorizontal partition, which is removable, andwhich divides the hive-boxinto two apartments, the upper one of which isv for the young brood whenthe partition is in its place, and the lower One is for the activeworkers. This partition is perforated at three points, c c c', whichperforations, when uncovered by their respective valves, allow the beesto ascend into the upper apartment. When the partition C is removed andthe honey-frames E, which are in the brood-apartment, are lowered, sothat their bottoms will be supported upon the tops of frames E in thelower apartment, the bees will make a solid hive. The lower frames E aresuspended from a horizontal frame, F,

vwhich can be drawn out of thehive with all the frames E on it, when itis desired to inspect the bees and combs. Below the frames E is theremovable bottom B, which projects from the hive beneath the door b', toform a shelf for the bees. On this shelf a strip, d, is secured, whichlies directly beneath the door b when this door is shut, and which hasan opening, e, through it for the entrance and exit of the bees. Infront of the entrance e a passage, f, is made through the bottom B,leading down into a trap, G, in front of a crossstrip, f1, and beneath ametal strip, f2, which partly closes the opening f. In rear of the stripf 1 the trap is extended beneath a wirecloth, g, which covers a largeopening through the bottom B. The front portion of said openingv has ametallic strip, g', tacked across it, which lies beneath the Wire-clothg. The trapdrawer Gr can be removed from the bottom B when it is desiredto remove moths from it.

In hiving the bees the bottom Bis removed, and, after they are allhived, the bottom is returned to its place and the hive set away. Themoth will, in almost every instance, enter through the opening f, andcrawl into the trap-drawer beneath the wire-cloth g, where she will findthe light, and Where she will remain until taken out by removing thetrapdrawer. y

By removing the glass plate J, and sliding out the frames E, the beescan be inspected; or, if it is not desired to expose the bees in thisway, they can be examined by taking out the frames D and partition O,and removing the bottom B.

The hive is robbed of honey by closing the passages c c c', and raisinga slide, h, which covers an opening through the door b.

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

-The removable bottom B, provided with a bee-entrance, e, amoth-entrance, f, and a trapdra'wer, G, in combination with thewire-cloth g, and strips fl, f2, and g', substantially as described. I

In testimonythat we claim the above we have hereunto subscribed ournames in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN ROBERT MosEnEY. THOM. JEFFERSON 'MOsELEr Witnesses:

ALPHEUs E. FISHER, DAVAGE H. TUCKER.

